There are basically two kinds of program formats carried by China Radio International (CRI) now: those with, and those without news and current affairs coverage. Regionally, you can (roughly) draw aline between East and West, with only the former still getting CRI news in regional languages.
The mention of target areas does not imply that there may not be other target areas for certain languages, too. As for Esperanto, for example, I only listened to the broadcast to Europe, but Europe may not be CRI Esperanto’s only target area.
This list is not at all exhaustive; there are many more CRI language services I haven’t recently listened to.
| Language | Target areas | News |
| Vietnamese | Vietnam | Yes |
| Indonesian | Indonesia | yes |
| Malaysian | Malaysia | yes |
| Japanese | Japan | yes |
| Filipino | Philippines | yes |
| Khmer | Cambodia | yes |
| Bengali | Bengal | yes |
| Thai | Thailand | yes |
| Mongolian | Mongolia | yes |
| Urdu | Pakistan, India, Nepal | yes |
| Hausa | Niger, Nigeria | yes |
| Pashto | Afghanistan, Pakistan | yes |
| Esperanto | Europe | no |
| Romanian | Romania | no |
| Italian | Italy | no |
| Bulgarian | Bulgaria | no |
| Czech | Czech Republic | no |
| Polish | Poland | no |
| Serbian | Serbia & regional | no |
| Hungarian | Hungary & regional | no |
| German | Austria & regional | no |
Programs without news / current affairs are usually filled up with music. Some language services without news add explanatory announcements to their music programs, but others run completely without spoken words.
Language services that may be considered global ones – Chinese, English, Russian, or Spanish, still have news in their programs, and maybe cultural programs, too, but CRI’s Portuguese service hasn’t.
Esperanto broadcasts a cultural program with lots of talk, but no news or current affairs either.
The mere-music programs may run without day-to-day updates. The genres vary, however. You get some revolutionary opera on frequencies that were used for Serb programs in the past, or rock and pop music on what was once the Czech service.
The replacement for the German service is particularly mean: typical “China restaurant” dining music.
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Related
Program reductions, Nov 25, 2019
CCTV, CRI, CPBS, March 30, 2018
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Useful links
Shortwave Info
Kiwi SDR
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